Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-07-22

THg Drum Point railroad COM
pany is bobbing up again. They
have asked the board of county CON-
missioners to pass the following res
olution.
"Resolred 5y no Board Of County Com
gsissioners II dane Arandel County, That
subscription of 5000. 600 be, and the
same is hereby, made on the part of Anne
Arundel county, as authorized by the
act Of Assembly and by a vote Of the peo-
pie. to the capital stock of the Baltimore
and Drum Point Railroad Company; pro
vided, that said subscription shall be and
is only made upon the condition Of the
building of said railroad as contemplated
through said county, and shall not be
available or binding upon the county un
less the said railroad is built and in run
ming order within a period of eighteen
months from the lst day of August, 1887
and until after such completion of said
railroad.
The legislature in 1S72-fifteen
years ago authorized the people
of this county to vote on the ques-
ton of authorizing the county com
missioners to make the subscription
asked for in this resolution. 4 ma
jority Of the voters gave their assent
at that time. Then we had no di.
rect communication with Baltimore
city, which was much needed by
our people. The Short Line has
since been built without asking for
dollar from our people. The needs
of half the county are thus supplied.
The condition of affairs have very
materially changed in the fifteen
years that have elapsed since the
voice of the people was asked on
the question, and their willingness
then to aid i'm railroad running the
entire length Of the county, should
have no weight with the county
commissioners now. The third and
fifth districts have since then a road
running their entire length with
every convenience for trade and
travel with Baltimore and Annapo-
lis; and the fourth district has the
Is. & O. and the Is. & F., which is
all they require. The second dis
trict is opened up by the A. ". &
b. from the Junction to Annapolis.
The first and eighth districts are
the only ones in the county that
are deficient in railroad facilities,
and it is hardly just in them to ask
the whole county to involve itself in
a perpetual debt for their benefit,
and the benefit of Baltimore.
If the Drum Point road cannot be
built without local aid, and as it will
benefit but two districts in the coun.
ty, let those districts assume the
burden; or, as was donein the Short
Line, let well-directed individual
energy be called into requisition
and capitalists found who will take
chances and build the road with
their private means; or, better still
let the present charter of the Drum
Point railroad be vacated thia win
ter by the legislature, aud we are
safe in saying that better men, -
men with energy and financial abil-
ity, can readily be found who will
build and equip the road without
loading us down III debt, increasing
our enormous taxes, aud bankrupt
ing our already impoverished farm
ers.
We are not the enemy of internal
improvements in our county. The
more railroads the better-and we
would like to see the Drum Point
one of them. But we are utterly
and irreyocably opposed to placing
burdens upon our people that they
are totally unable to bear.